[mythtv-users] mythbackend will only run as root

[James S. White]

Changing permission on the symbolic link propagates the change to the
linked device. What devices does MythTV nee access too? Maybe I missed one.

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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Isaac F. wrote:

> On my Debian system, the /dev/(audio|video|etc..) are all symbolic links
> to real devices.  I.e. /dev/audio is a link to /dev/audio0.  Make sure
> you have the permissions on those files set correctly too.
>
> IF
>
> In our last episode entitled '[mythtv-users] mythbackend will only run as root', James S. White wrote:
> > What do I have to do to get mythbackend to be able to run out of the init
> > script? If I run mythtv (by itsefl or from  mythfrontend) it crashes
> > mythbackend unless it was started as root. I have added mythtv to the
> > audio and video groups and chmoded 666 /dev/(audio|video|dsp|mixer)
>
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